Vivien Kraus wrote: > I frequently use ad-hoc code for this, however in library code, in > which xmalloc is not much used.
Good point. I'll need to duplicate the interface of the memory allocating functions: one with 'x', that use xmalloc, and one without 'x', for use in libraries. > I learn new gnulib things primarily from the manual. Do you plan to > document it there? Yes, sure. The reference documentation can stay in the .h file, but and overview and general usage section belongs in the documentation. > > /* Return a copy of string S, as a NUL-terminated C string. */ > > extern char * string_desc_c (string_desc_t s); > > Would it be appropriate to use the attribute module and mark this > ATTRIBUTE_DEALLOC_FREE? Good point, yes. Will do! Thanks for your review and remarks. Bruno
